Jacques Duquesne | |
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| Born | Jacques Henri Louis Duquesne  18 March 1930 Dunkirk |
| Died | 5 July 2023 (aged 93) 13th arrondissement of Paris |
| Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Jacques Duquesne, (born on March 18, 1930 in Dunkirk and died July 5, 2023 in Paris) was a French journalist and writer.
Born in Dunkirk in 1930, Jacques Duquesne was marked by the battle fought around the town and port during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (World War II) in May-June 1940, a battle he has written about many times in his books. [1]
He studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and became involved with the Jeunesse Étudiante Chrétienne (JEC). [1] General Secretary of the Association Catholique de la Jeunesse Française in 1954, he was elected President of the Conseil de la Jeunesse de l'Union Française in October 1955, which led him to travel extensively in the former African colonies.
First working for La Croix as a reporter (1957-1964), [1] he landed in Algeria for his first reports just after the famous Battle of Algiers (1956–1957). He published articles denouncing torture during the Algerian War. [2] He then contributed to Panorama chrétien (1964-1970) and L'Express (1967-1971). In 1972, he helped found Le Point magazine, before becoming its editor-in-chief (1974-1977). He then became managing director of the La Vie publications group (1977-1979).
In 1987, he acted as a journalistic guarantor for the Bouygues group when privatized TF1. [3]
He returned to Le Point, where he became Chairman and CEO (1985-1990). Finally, in 1997, he became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of L'Express. [1] He chairs the Association pour le soutien des principes de la démocratie humaniste, which oversees the entire Groupe Sipa - Ouest-France group.
He has written several novels and numerous essays, some on religious themes.
From 1991 to 2016, he was president of Bateau Feu, Dunkirk's national stage.
In 2004, in an essay, he opposed a possible dogmatic definition of Mary Coredemptrix, following the position of the Second Vatican Council. [4]
He died on July 5, 2023 at the age of 93 in his Paris apartment. [5] He was buried on July 13 in the Montparnasse cemetery (division 3) in Paris, after a funeral service at the Saint-Séverin church. [6]
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